Last week, NCIS bid farewell to Cote de Pablo, who played Ziva on the series for seven seasons. Yesterday, fans finally got a glimpse of what the show will look like without her. But was it a pretty picture?

Fans—especially those who had been rooting for Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva to get together—will likely have a hard time letting go…regardless of how well the show handles it’s post-Ziva tenure. To make the breakup easier (or um, more complicated, depending on how you look at it) the show is bringing on a new twentysomething female character to fill the void left by Ziva, TV Line exclusively reports.

But can Ziva be replaced? Will you continue to watch the show without her? Are you ready for a new female character to join the series? And would you like to see her develop a relationship with Michael? We know, we know, so.many.questions. Share your answers below.

It was a political decision, someone with money don’t like Israel and that she’s is israeli, so they cut her off from the show.
I did not watch the series since she left. I don’t need another CSI ..
That’s the truth.

I also stopped watching the show after Cote de Pablo’s departure. That dumb blond they got to replace her is doing a very lousy job. She should rather quit the show and find herself a show where she can play a waitress or hairdresser of some sort. Definitely not a NCIS agent. Absolutely HATE her!

The show is just .. boring now! I miss the chemistry between Tony and Ziva, and Bishop just dosen’t fit in. I live in Denmark – which are a lot behind with the new seasons – and before with the old seasons I was always looking for places online to watch the newest episode and now I don’t care about it.

Ofcause Cote should leave when she didn’t feel like being on the show anymore, but the show should have found a new female lead who was better with the cast, if nothing else after seeing how the fans recieved her.

Bishop is just boring to me. This was my favorite show Ever. I know Ziva won’t be back, but get someone with a stronger personality. I don’t even watch it anymore and I have seen every episode more then once. Sad!

Oh and one last thing. There is more chemistry in the show with Kate’s psychologist sister on the show and interacting than there is with Bishop. That says alot about how the new character is not fitting in.

I really want to comment on the show. Been a totally loyal fan for years. Broken hearted when Kate left; got to liking Ziva and thought the show had great chemistry between ALL the actors. But with Bishop it’s like she is leading the blind including Gibbs! Gibbs runs the show; Tony is actually coming off as “old” and McGee? Well I’m not sure what has happened to his character they act as if he isn’t as smart or is to outdated now. Bishop is way to young to fit in with this group. She is actually making them all appear old. I don’t have a problem with a new female character but she needs to fit in. And what has happened to Dr. Mallard’s sidekick he has hardly been seen. Please fix the show.

Very True, Caren. We really don’t know why Ziva left. Family illness, personal illness, personal plans…it’s up for grabs. Could be anything. Obviously she doesn’t want the whole world to know her life….I don’t blame her.

Just so sad that we had to get so damn used to her beautiful face, charm, talent, charisma and the way Tony and her had that ‘thing’ going on. Each episode let us sit and wait for a close moment between them that we were all looking for…amid the regular story plot. Wonderful actress…phenominal. Tony and Gibbs and McGee just played into it so smoothly, it was so natural,like family, you just couldn’t stop watching it.

NCIS LA is not worth the film it’s printed on. They don’t have the working ‘charisma’ with each other, it’s like they’re just playing a part in a script and they’re not on ‘their team’. It’s like everyone’s playing their own part to get themselves noticed, hamming it up. They need to play their parts in unison with their co-workers like the NCIS team does. But they don’t seem to realize that, and don’t seem to care about ‘bonding’ with their fellow cast team. It’s a very boring show, I can’t even stand to watch it for more than a minute, gotta turn it off and watch something else. Just can’t get interested in NCIS LA. They’re nothing like our regular NCIS.

It was like someone personally picked all the characters to be on our NCIS very carefully so they would play off of each other with the right feelings, they’re like a family that loves and understands each other. NCIS LA is like they took a cast off the street and were rushed and put people in the script and said, “Hey, just try to act a little and see how it goes…” and obviously it didn’t go very well in my estimation. They may be great people personally in real life, but they just can’t act and ‘pull it together’ like Gibb’s NCIS team can.

And Bishop is a nice, likeable person. Tall and thin like Ziva, just looks like may be she was originally a brunette and they made her dye her hair blonde for a different effect, so she wouldn’t seem ‘exactly’ like Ziva, just close enough to make the fans interested. She has pretty much the same shape face as Ziva and is doing the best job she can, to pull off a Ziva-type impression. I give her an ‘A’ for doing the best she can, quite similar to acting like Ziva did. She may prove to be better acclimated to the show as time goes on and may work out well. But she’s just not Ziva….plus I believe she’s married, so right away, we know there’s no Tony-Bishop ‘thing’ coming down the pike…of course, unless they kill off Bishop’s husband..They’ve got a lot of leeway to write things in and out of this script the way it is now.

So I’ve missed some of the new shows because I really wasn’t interested much now that Ziva is gone. But I will try to catch some episodes here and there and see if I think Bishop is getting better in her role. She does resemble Ziva as much as they could find someone to resemble her. She’s lovely in her own right and looks a lot like Ziva in certain ‘looks’ she gives the others and expressions she has. She’s obviously a good stand-in for Ziva. Hope she learns to kick a** like Ziva did, and become more ‘Special Agent’ worthy. Although probably no one can match the incredible ‘heart-felt’ acting that Cote put into all Ziva’s emotional parts. It was like she actually felt exactly how she was portraying Ziva to be feeling. And if she did speak several languages, that was pretty cool. If not, she did lip sync them very well, as she did everything else in that show.

Well, may God bless her and all she does, she certainly brought us many seasons of happiness watching her charisma and beautiful and elegant face portray Ziva David. We will always miss her. And I will catch some of the new episodes and give Bishop a chance to try to come close to filling Ziva’z shoes. :)

That is exactly true without the Ziva character it is another cop show it could be ncis LA which doesn’t take itself as seriously and pretty much has the same plot every other week. The new character isnt even the USA blonde spy who has some of ziva’s toughness and sophistication in a political context in the series covert affairs

NCIS without ziva isn`t NCIS ! We was waiting every episode for a kiss and yet ? Cote de pablo leave NCIS ! I want her so much back and i hope she come back , but we have to live with the pain ! :( Its so sad !

Ugh so sad I cannot watch NCIS anymore without Ziva. The writing is awful and the story line(s) have no depth or meaning without the sub plots and character intricacies that used to exist. The only female I can come close to liking is Agent Bjorne for CGIS. Please Cote come back!

I started watching NCIS because of Ziva and will no longer watch it now that she is gone. NCIS sucks without Ziva. GG should be fired for this blunder. Ever wonder why so many of the good writers have left since he became in charge? I still think her departure is fishy, since it was obvious in her last interview that she didn’t want to leave. NCIS has officially jumped the shark. Those who really want Cote back should boycott NCIS (or at least find ways to watch it that are counted in the ratings). Fans don’t matter to TPTB-money does. And lower ratings means less money (and don’t worry about the show being cancelled-a show has to score pretty low for that to happen). Boycotting got the actresses unjustly fired from Criminal Minds back, so it should work with NCIS as well. I stopped watching after the 2nd episode, which seemed more like a slap in the face to Cote than a heartfelt goodbye!

Really, Ziva is gone and anyone that is not a moron will know that the show is over without .
Whoever let that happen is in need of a new job cleaning bathrooms. There is no NCIS without her. Call her tonight and get her back now. We will not watch now. The first two episodes of this season were terrible,,,,,really terrible.

As much as it hurts to say it, NCIS sucked big time. Frankly, it was boring. We’re missing such an important dynamic value that it just left the show empty and not entertaining. NCIS lost 3 millions viewers, what’s not to say that it will just keep falling and falling??? As to a new member, just NO. Ziva David is irreplaceable and her empty void, as much as it damages the show, needs to stay to pay tribute to the character. Tony cannot have another love interest either, it would just nullify all the previous years of Tony and Ziva. Also Cote played Ziva for EIGHT seasons, not SEVEN.

It’s still one of the best shows on tv, so don’t let that stop you from watching!!! She had her reasons for leaving. And no to a new team member to replace her and no to a new relationship for Tony this season!

Really enjoyed the episode, though of course I did miss Ziva. Would have helped if Gary Gasberg hadn’t opted to leave so much of episode 2 to our “imaginations”, as he said in a recent interview. Left too many unanswered questions. I would like to have seen at least a couple more scenes of Tony and Ziva together. As far as episode 3, I particularly enjoyed seeing the return of a competent DiNozzo and a less grumpy Gibbs. Why we should have needed to wait until Ziva left for those things I can’t imagine. Looking forward to next week’s episode.

By the way, Cote de Pablo was with the series for eight, not seven years. And I’d be concerned if the new female character has a relationship with Michael, that’s the the actor! Both Gary Glasberg and Michael Weatherly have implied that DiNozzo won’t have a relationship with the new team member, though I would like to see him happy with someone at some point. He deserves it!

Ziva can NOT be replaced, nor should she be replaced! I will continue to watch, once a fan always a fan! :) I am not ready for a new female character. The only girl who could and should have a relationship with Michael/Tony is Cote/Ziva! #LongLiveTiva <3

I really want to watch but without Cote it is just another cop show and Ziva was the most special woman on TV and is not just replaceable. Just want CBS and Cote to find a way to sort this out because without her it is just not good enough for me and Tony moving on with a new woman is just ridiculous for me!